Chapter 287 285 Help

Chapter 287 285. Help

Jon used the Shattering Charm to destroy the sleigh they were riding in.

There is no way to take this thing away, and there is no point in taking it away. If you leave it, it will easily expose your whereabouts, so destroying it is the best option.

After that, he did not plan to find a place to continue his interrupted sleep, but planned to stay away from this supposedly safe place overnight.

Without worrying about anything, Jon directly used the magic power stored in the second gem of the ring, used the floating spell to fly in the air, and then put the invisibility cloak on himself and Nick Gabriel.

Although some measures to keep warm and avoid wind were taken, there was still no way to completely block the cold temperature. Jon could only slow down his flight speed, while maintaining a low altitude of only about five meters above the ground, and continued to move towards his destination. .

Just six or seven hours after he left the area, Norm and Hanks, who had failed to capture them, walked back from the snow and wind with haggard faces.

"I feel like my spell just now almost hit the bear, but it managed to dodge it!"

Hanks looked resentful. He just wanted to have a midnight snack, but he didn't expect that not only did he miss the midnight snack, but he also worked hard all night.

Although there was disappointment on Norm's face, there was not much negative emotion. Even if no Death Eater noticed it before, this foodie is not a brainless person. The two bears behaved like nothing ordinary today. Animals, and there couldn't be any ordinary animals that could escape being hunted by two Death Eaters.

He said with a thoughtful look on his face.

"This is not our problem. Is it possible that there is a problem with these two bears themselves?"

His words made Hanks obviously stunned, and he didn't turn around for a while.

"You mean, what kind of special breed are these two bears?"

Norm shook his head. He looked through the wind and snow at the camp where Jon was stationed before. The continuous snowfall had completely covered the traces left here. From the outside, there was no problem at all.

"When we were chasing the two bears, I had a vague feeling that there seemed to be something hidden here. But I didn't pay much attention at the time."

Norm's tone didn't sound like he was joking, and the expression on Hanks' face became serious.

He clearly knew that although his partner was usually very enthusiastic about eating, he was actually quite smart.

"You mean, these two bears are controlled by someone?"

"Maybe they are under control, or maybe they are actually who they are." Norm said in a speculative tone, while taking out his wand and searching the nearby snow.

The sky was completely bright, and Hanks was not idle. He and Norm used spells to disperse the newly covered snow around the ice, but nothing was found.

Jon handled the situation very cleanly, leaving basically no evidence that could provide clues.

However, just as Hanks frowned and pushed aside a piece of snow, Norm suddenly stretched out his hand to stop his subsequent actions.

The Greengrass wizard who was forced to join the Death Eaters squatted on the ground, reached out and grabbed the pile of snowflakes swept away by Hanks, and kneaded it gently in his hands.

But these "snowflakes" were strangely not clenched into a ball by his hands, but seemed to be the powder of some hard object and scattered on the snow again.

The sight made Norm narrow his eyes and made Hanks hold his breath.

"We seem to have found some big clue, Hanks." Norm said softly.

Hanks and him looked at each other, and both of them saw the thoughts in each other's eyes.

Together, they pointed their wands at the white powder on the ground, and used the spell in exactly the same voice and waving gesture.

"Recover as before!"

The powders that had been cast with repair spells flew lightly from the snow. They were obviously just part of a destroyed object, and many of them had been blown to other places by the wind and snow.

But these alone are enough to build its original wheel frame.

"This is..." Hanks said hesitantly, eyes wide.

Norm completed what he had left unfinished.

"A sleigh!"

After confirming what this thing was, Norm's expression became serious.

"This matter must be reported!"

Jon still didn't know that his whereabouts had been exposed.

He had indeed cleaned up enough, and even the dust on the sleigh that had been shattered by the crushing spell was scattered by him into the snow.

But even after doing this, Norm and the others still found problems in the two polar bears and found these clues.

There is no shortage of elites among Death Eaters, just like there are many elites like Scabior among Aurors.

Being able to control the entire United Kingdom plus Hogwarts Castle means that Voldemort controls the most basic source of talents, and almost all of these people have joined the Ministry of Magic.

But regardless of whether he knew his whereabouts had been discovered or not, there was nothing Jon could do to change now.

Unless he gave up the mission given to him by Grindelwald and turned back directly to Durmstrang, he would always have to find a way to reach his destination near the pole.

And it is not easy to find a person in the Arctic, especially a person wearing an invisibility cloak.

At least since Jon started traveling with the levitation spell that night, he had not encountered any traces of humans for three consecutive days, let alone the Death Eaters.

On the morning of the third day, when Jon rubbed his face and just got out of the tent, he saw Nick and Gabriel sitting side by side in front of his tent, looking at the sky in amazement.

Jon also looked up along their gaze, and half of the sky was colorful. The gorgeous colors were enough to make everyone who saw this scene stop and look.

The beauty of nature was fully displayed at this moment.

"It's the Aurora."

Jon rubbed Gabriel's head.

Gabriel's hand supported her chin, and her big eyes reflected the magnificent sky.

"It would be great if Dad, Mom and Sister could see it too."

"Yes, there will definitely be such a day."

Jon said softly.

This gorgeous sky did not hinder Jon and his team from moving forward. After three days of travel, they were more than 80 miles closer to the end point, and now there were only 20 to 30 miles left.

If they speed up, they can basically reach the set target point tonight.

And from this day on, the Death Eaters around began to appear more and more frequently.

In just one morning, Jon encountered four teams of Death Eaters, more than the total number of people he had encountered before.

This made Jon feel something was wrong.

Even if the Death Eaters would deploy the most stringent defense in the most core locations, according to the information provided by Eric, there were less than 100 Death Eaters left in the Arctic.

If they deployed reconnaissance hundreds of miles away, it should be impossible to defend so tightly in the core area.

Unless they noticed something and arranged people to the most important location in advance!

Jon became alert, but he did not stop moving forward, and even deliberately accelerated his speed.

So half an afternoon earlier than planned, Jon and his team had already arrived at the destination a mile away.

It was not that he did not want to get closer, but that a group of guards had been replaced in this area. The guards were no longer Death Eaters, but dozens of Dementors!

They could ignore the existence of the invisibility cloak and simply rely on their sense of smell to determine the location of people, which inevitably hindered Jon's progress.

However, it was because of seeing these Dementors that Jon's guess was confirmed in disguise.

These Death Eaters must have discovered something!

Otherwise, Dementors would never appear here. This kind of creature is born to feed on people's positive emotions. In Azkaban, their food is the prisoners. In the UK, they can privately find any suitable object to suck.

But now this is in the Arctic. In addition to Death Eaters, who else can these Dementors contact?

Of course, there are also scientific research stations established by Muggles in the Arctic, but these places are not to mention where the Dementors can find them. The number of people alone will definitely not support the long-term survival of these large numbers of Dementors.

They must have been temporarily recruited in the last few days, and why would the Death Eaters recruit these people who hate dogs for no reason?

It can only be that they discovered the movement in the Arctic and wanted to rely on these Dementors to help find John's trace.

John didn't think that after his identity was exposed on the sea that day, the information about him would not be investigated clearly. The fact that he summoned two patronuses in Azkaban was seen by so many Dementors present, and they must have no possibility of concealing anything.

And for wizards who have learned to summon patronuses, especially two patronuses, Dementors will no longer be a threat.

These Death Eaters will know, so the arrival of these Dementors is not to provide them with any combat power, but only to help with reconnaissance.

Looking at these Dementors, John fell into thinking.

It would certainly not be difficult for him to deal with these things now, but once the Patronus is summoned, it will definitely attract the attention of all Death Eaters.

John doesn't even know what is in the end area, so he doesn't plan to expose his whereabouts rashly.

But if it is not exposed, this defensive circle formed by Dementors is indeed not so easy to pass by.

While Jon was thinking, his eyes suddenly turned to Nick.

"Ghosts will not be affected by Dementors, right?"

Nick did not hear the meaning of Jon's words at first.

"Of course, didn't you see it in Azkaban? Those Dementors can't do anything to me. I'm already dead. As a dead person, how can I let them absorb what they want?"

"And as a ghost, you definitely don't have the smell they can smell?" Jon asked seriously.

Nick then realized what he wanted to do.

"You want me to help scout first?" He shook his head quickly, "These Dementors can't do anything to me, and they can't smell my scent, but they are not blind and can definitely see where I am, unless I put on an invisibility cloak. But as a ghost, I have no way to pick up the invisibility cloak."

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly turned to Gabrielle, and at the same time, Jon's eyes also turned to Gabrielle.

Gabrielle hadn't reacted yet, and was looking at them with her confused eyes blinking.

"But Gabrielle can, she's not a real ghost, she can touch objects selectively!"

Nick said excitedly.

"And she has all the characteristics of a ghost perfectly, she won't be affected or discovered by Dementors, she can go with me!"

But at this time, Jon hesitated, he looked at Gabrielle.

"But as you said, Gabrielle is not a real ghost, so if you go with her and get discovered, will she be in danger?"

"No!" This time it was Gabrielle's own answer, she heard Nick and Jon discussing whether they could help, "At school, Ginny and Luna tested together, Gabrielle will not be hit by the spell! So it will definitely be safe and can help!"

Jon frowned and shook his head and said.

"They must have used petrifying spells and stunning spells on you. If the Death Eaters found out, they would definitely kill you. No one can be sure whether you can be immune to the killing curse."

"Yes." Nick shrugged, "I can be sure of this. Gabrielle can resist the killing curse, but the price is that her soul will undergo a fundamental change. She will never be able to return to her body and become a human again in this life."

Nick's words made Jon no longer think about Gabrielle and Nick working together to avoid these Dementors.

But obviously, even if he didn't want to, Gabrielle would not just let it go.

"Gabrielle promises!"

"Gabrielle's promise is invalid!"

Jon patted her raised hand and began to think of other better ways.

Gabrielle's face suddenly swelled up, like a steamed bun.

At this time, Nick organized his words and tried to persuade Jon.

"You don't have to think about this so dangerously, Jon. I'm here. As long as Gabrielle holds up the invisibility cloak, there will be no problem. After all, Gabrielle definitely didn't come out to simply hold you back. You have to give her a chance to contribute to the best of her ability. Protection is necessary, but protection can't be excessive, right?"

Listening to Nick speaking for her, Gabrielle nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, and then turned her head to look at Jon eagerly.

Jon thought silently for a moment, and then looked at Gabrielle's eyes.

"Do you really want to help?"

"This means that Gabrielle is useful to everyone, right?"

The little girl said in an almost pleading voice.

Jon finally gave in, and he nodded helplessly.

"Okay, but you have to promise to listen to Nick!"